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Despite all the (bad) jokes about drummers, science has finally vindicated them.
Although they’re often passed over in favor of lead singers and guitarists, drummers “can actually be smarter than their less rhythmically-focused bandmates.”
Jordan Taylor Sloan of Policy
Mic reports on a study that was done at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Results
from this study indicate that there is a “link between intelligence, good
timing and the part of the brain used for problem-solving.”
Drummers who scored the highest on the study’s intelligence tests were those who were “also better
able to keep a steady beat.”
Not only that, but these talented drummers were able to help improve the cognitive functions of those around them.
It seems that drummers innately tap into “a fundamental undercurrent of what it means to be human…”
It therefore stands to reason that good drummers are “people around whom bands and communities
form…”
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